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Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere - The Social Discovery of Moral Panic in Eighteenth Century London (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere - The Social Discovery of Moral Panic in Eighteenth Century London (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere draws on criminology and
social theory to explore and expand social historical themes in the
analysis of perceptions of deviance and crime in the eighteenth
century. Developing the theoretical device of Folk Devils and Moral
Panics, instigated by Stanley Cohen and developed by Erich Goode
and Nachman Ben-Yehuda, the book explores the social discovery of,
and public response to, crime and deviance in that period. Detailed
contemporary case studies of youth violence, sexual deviance, and
substance abuse are used to argue that Hanoverian London and its
novel media can be identified as the initiating historical site for
what might now be termed public order moral panics. In doing so,
Hamerton provides a vivid historical lineage of moral panic which
traverses much of the long eighteenth century. The book considers
social change, allowing for points of theoretical convergence and
divergence to be observed, whilst exploring historical models of
public opinion, media, deviance and crime alongside the unique
character and power located within the burgeoning Metropolis.
Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere seeks to make an important
contribution to the understanding of both moral panic theory and
the historiography of crime and deviance, and posits that the
current discourse on folk devils and moral panics can be extended
and enriched via the exploration of the moral crises of earlier
centuries.
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